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House Roll Call 1240, 96th Congress · November 19, 1980

TO AMEND H.R. 6704, JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELIQUENCY PREVENTION AUTHORIZATION, BY PERMITTING JUVENILE COURTS TO PLACE STATUS OFFENDERS AND NONOFFENDERS IN SECURE DETENTION AND CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES WHEN A JUVENILE IS FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF A VALID COURT ORDER. (MOTION PASSED)

239 yea · 123 nay54 not voting or present
Democrat117 yea · 115 nay
Republican129 yea · 14 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 6704

Juvenile Justice Amendments of 1980

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”

    model(0.95): Permitting detention of status offenders and nonoffenders moves toward a more punitive juvenile justice system.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (247)

Nay (131)

Not voting or present (54)

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